Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to hear something about his Master. He likes those sermons best which are full of Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Christian who keeps his heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Just as the telescope and microscope show us that there is order and design in all the works of God’s hand, from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The saddest symptom about many so-called Christians is the utter absence of anything like conflict and fight against spiritual apathy in their… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True Christian is not an angel; he is not a halfangelic being, in whom is no weakness, or blemish, or infirmity: he… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord';… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Whatever others around you think, don't you ever be ashamed of being a Christian. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian does not need to be reminded that he has a crucified Master. He often thinks of Him. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
For my own part, I believe that in dealing with skeptics, and unbelievers, and enemies of the Bible, Christians are too apt… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image